Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is a country with a rich history and beautiful landscapes. The island is becoming increasingly popular with tourists, and it’s easy to see why. While covid currently prevents us…

“Sri Lanka will not be beaten by terror. We will take this opportunity to demonstrate to the global media, tour operators, airlines and the world that Sri Lanka is committed to security.”

Cruise and Maritime Voyages (CMV) has announced that it has launched its new brochure. The new content will feature itineraries from the Winter and Spring 2019/20 season including trips to…

Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau is set to launch a promotional road show that will see a delegation of Sri Lanka Tourism officials, as well as Sri Lanka’s leading hotels and tourism…

Sovereign has launched its second edition brochure for 2016, adding three new destinations in the Far East and the Indian Ocean to its portfolio.  In addition, new hotels have also…

Austrian Airlines has launched its non-stop service from Vienna to Sri Lanka. In addition to the Maldives and Mauritius, Colombo represents the third route to the Indian Ocean served by…

Arrivals to Sri Lanka for the month of January 2014 show a very healthy year-on-year growth of 32.6% with  146,575 visitors for the month. Western Europe continues to be the…

Kuoni has listed Vietnam, Mexico and Cuba as its top growing long-haul holiday destinations for British travellers. In a new report out by the tour operator today, all three…

Indian arrivals to Sri Lanka saw a 30% growth with 18,048 visitors in September 2013. Overall, tourist arrivals to the island country rose 26.2% to 89,761 last month from a year…

A new report looking into the cost of long-haul holidays has named Sri Lanka as the best value for the third year running. According to the Post Office Travel Money’s Long-Haul Holiday…

Sri Lanka’s tourist arrivals rose 9.7% in August 2012 to 79,456 visitors from a year earlier. According to the data revealed by the country, in the first eight months of August, Indian…

British Airways has announced it will launch flights from Gatwick to Sri Lanka via the Maldives next year. The thrice weekly service will commence on 31 March to Colombo via Male and will…

Sri Lanka is looking at tapping the long haul North American and Canadian markets. The island country plans to attract 100,000 tourists from US by 2016. “We are working on an aggressive…

India and Sri Lanka are looking at enhancing tourism bilaterals between the two countries. The Sri Lanka – India CEO’s forum organised by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC) and Federation…

Thailand-based Centara Hotels & Resorts has some major expansion plans. The company has expressed keen intent in the possibility of expanding into the Middle East and gateway cities in…

Sri Lanka has registered a growth of 18.7% in the first six months of 2012. According to the data released by the government, the country received 452,867 tourists during the period January…